Lobbying reports name $451.36 in gifts to them in 2024 from 2 sources this statement doesn't list
Lobbyist employers' reports to the Secretary of State (Cal-Access) list activity expenses that benefited them in 2024, $50 or more from each of these sources, none named among the statement's gifts or travel: EQUALITY CALIFORNIA $271.36 (food / beverages); RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA $180 (food and beverage).
What to check
- Whether they attended or accepted it: the report is the lobbyist employer's account.
- What Schedule D doesn't require (Form 700 instructions): gifts returned within 30 days; free admission and food at an event where they made a speech, from its organizer; up to two tickets to a campaign or 501(c)(3) fundraiser from the organization holding it; informational material; plaques worth less than $250.
- Whether it's on the statement under another name.
- That the report's beneficiary is this person (matched by name and office).
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA $271.36
- 2024-10-05 FOOD / BEVERAGES at FAIRMONT CENTURY PLAZA $271.36 · lobbyist employer report
RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA $180
- 2024-02-03 FOOD AND BEVERAGE at KIMPTON LA PEER HOTEL $180 · lobbyist employer report
Rule: Lobbying gifts not on the statement
“A gift is reportable if its fair market value is $50 or more. In addition, multiple gifts totaling $50 or more received during the reporting period from a single source must be reported.”Form 700 (2025/2026), Instructions – Schedule D ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works